Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- byproduct
- a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
- ionic beam
- a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed
- K.E.
- the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion
- speech spectrum
- the average sound spectrum for the human voice
- virga
- light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
- acoustic resistance
- opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
- theta rhythm
- the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude
- glow
- a steady even light without flames
- magnetomotive force
- the force that produces magnetic flux
- chaos
- the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
- mother lode
- the main vein of ore in a deposit
- tramontana
- a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
- chromatic aberration
- an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes
- east wind
- a wind from the east
- high wind
- a very strong wind
- electrical conduction
- the passage of electricity through a conductor
- smother
- a stifling cloud of smoke
- Brownian movement
- the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
- load
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- peptide linkage
- the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide
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